| Reggaeton Contributor(s): Rivera, Raquel Z. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0822343835 ISBN-13: 9780822343837 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are "los de atras" (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atras."--Residente, frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Reggae |
| Dewey: 781.64 |
| LCCN: 2008048053 |
| Series: Refiguring American Music |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.50 lbs) 392 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A hybrid of reggae and rap, reggaeton is a music with Spanish-language lyrics and Caribbean aesthetics that has taken Latin America, the United States, and the world by storm. Superstars-including Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Ivy Queen-garner international attention, while aspiring performers use digital technologies to create and circulate their own tracks. Reggaeton brings together critical assessments of this wildly popular genre. Journalists, scholars, and artists delve into reggaeton's local roots and its transnational dissemination; they parse the genre's aesthetics, particularly in relation to those of hip-hop; and they explore the debates about race, nation, gender, and sexuality generated by the music and its associated cultural practices, from dance to fashion. The collection opens with an in-depth exploration of the social and sonic currents that coalesced into reggaeton in Puerto Rico during the 1990s. Contributors consider reggaeton in relation to that island, Panama, Jamaica, and New York; Cuban society, Miami's hip-hop scene, and Dominican identity; and other genres including reggae en espa ol, underground, and dancehall reggae. The reggaeton artist Tego Calder n provides a powerful indictment of racism in Latin America, while the hip-hop artist Welmo Romero Joseph discusses the development of reggaeton in Puerto Rico and his refusal to embrace the upstart genre. The collection features interviews with the DJ/rapper El General and the reggae performer Renato, as well as a translation of "Chamaco's Corner," the poem that served as the introduction to Daddy Yankee's debut album. Among the volume's striking images are photographs from Miguel Luciano's series Pure Plantainum, a meditation on identity politics in the bling-bling era, and photos taken by the reggaeton videographer Kacho L pez during the making of the documentary Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop. Contributors. Geoff Baker, Tego Calder n, Carolina Caycedo, Jose Davila, Jan Fairley, Juan Flores, Gallego (Jos Ra l Gonz lez), F lix Jim nez, Kacho L pez, Miguel Luciano, Wayne Marshall, Frances Negr n-Muntaner, Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo, Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Raquel Z. Rivera, Welmo Romero Joseph, Christoph Twickel, Alexandra T. Vazquez |